Sometimes, the correspondents became part of the story themselves: Mildred Farwell became the center of media attention when she was held captive in Serbia. Eleanor Franklin Egan daringly smuggled evidence of Armenien persecution out of Turkey, despite the dangerous potential consequences. They traveled to battle-weary European capitals, witnessing the tragedy beset upon residents and putting themselves in harm’s way to deliver a story. Intrepid female reporters balked when told they couldn’t go to the trenches, volunteering as nurses to get even closer to the frontlines than their male colleagues. However, dozens of women, including Edith Wharton and Nellie Bly, defied stereotypes to dispatch from the Great War, and their incredible work is highlighted here. At the beginning of World War I, war correspondence was a men-only club because the frontlines were considered too treacherous for delicate women.
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